HELMET WRECK

History:
•  Small old-fashioned coaster
•  Names: Depth Charge Wreck, X1 or Helmet Wreck
•  Has no documented name, its thought that the Japanese confiscated the ship in Southeast Asia
•  Torpedo hit to aft stern - Desecrate One Operation
•  To sink, it took seven 500 lb bombs and 4 rockets 

Artifacts:
•  Stern hold: Helmets, gas mask, belts and shoes
•  Bow holds: 3 radial engines for Zeke fighters, electrical wires, brass lanterns, medicine bottles, Kirin bottles and ceramic Sake bottles

Armament:
•  Depth charges, carbine rifle, machine guns, ammunition stacks found in the stern hold
•  Collapsed gun mount on stern
•  2 depth charge release boxes located on each side of the stern platform; their lethal charges are still inside

Marine Life:
•  Cleaner shrimp, charlotte shrimp, banded pipefish, lion fish & a variety of small reef fish
•  Rich coral formations of Staghorn , Brain and Lettuce corals surround ship